2015-02-26 Australia More Top Stories

Sydney Morning Herald   

King's School headmaster Tim Hawkes gives evidence about Knox to royal ...   
Sydney Morning Herald
When a masked man entered a boarding house at Knox Grammar School and sexually assaulted a year 8 student in his bed, the then housemaster Tim Hawkes fully expected the police to be notified. Dr Hawkes, now headmaster of the King's School, told a ...

2015-02-26 Australia Health

Daily Mail   

Scientists hope new drugs can target pancreatic cancer with 'game-changing ...   
Daily Mail
Treatment of the most deadly type of cancer could be revolutionised after scientists achieved 'exceptional' results with a platinum-based therapy. Currently just 1 per cent of all people with pancreatic cancer survive for ten years after diagnosis. Most die within ...

2015-02-26 Australia Science

Discovery News   

Astronomers find a shockingly ancient black hole the size of 12 billion suns   
The Age
Washington: Some 12.8 billion light years away, astronomers have spotted an object of almost impossible brightness - the most luminous object ever seen in such ancient space. It's from just 900 million years after the big bang, and the old quasar - a shining ...

2015-02-26 Australia Sports

SBS   

AOC backs Brisbane Olympic bid for 2028   
9news.com.au
The Australian Olympic Committee has thrown its support behind Brisbane to be Australia's next host city of the Summer Games. AOC secretary general Fiona de Jong says Australia has three cities capable of hosting a Games, but the more populated Sydney ...

2015-02-26 Australia Entertainment

Rippa.com   

Sia, 5 Seconds Of Summer and Sheppard lead APRA Awards nominations   
Rippa.com
International pop star Sia, global boyband 5 Seconds Of Summer and Brisbane band Sheppard are among the top contenders for the 2015 APRA Music Awards to be held in Sydney in March. The annual awards night features a fantastic line-up of ...

2015-02-26 Australia Technology

The Australian Financial Review   

Google pushes Android for work use   
The Australian Financial Review
Google said it is partnering with more than two dozen companies including Blackberry, Citrix Systems, and Box to make smartphones running its Android software more appealing to corporations. Photo: Bloomberg. Alexei Oreskovic. Google launched an ...

2015-02-26 Australia Business

9news.com.au   

Qantas back in the black with $367m profit   
Sydney Morning Herald
Qantas has reported a first-half underlying profit before tax of $367 million, which is above the guidance range of $300 million to $350 million it had provided to the market in December and a major turnaround from the $252 million pretax loss in the ...

2015-02-26 Australia Australia

Perth Now   

Slipper cleared of misusing taxpayer funds   
Perth Now
THE ACT Supreme Court on Thursday struck out his conviction for using taxpayer-funded taxi vouchers for visits to Canberra region wineries on three occasions in 2010. The decision means he will no longer have to undertake 300 hours of community service ...

2015-02-26 Australia World

BBC News   

Apple faces $533m iTunes patent payout   
BBC News
Apple has suffered a patent defeat involving some of the technologies it uses in its iTunes store. The company has been ordered to pay $533m (£344m) to Smartflash, a British Virgin Islands-based firm that owns and licenses tech-related patents but does not ...